A Field Guide to Fairies

by Susannah Marriott

Boys and girls will be spellbound as they explore the origins and the legends of fairies in this spectacularly beautiful volume. Lavish illustrations show the fairies of meadows and fields, of lakes and rivers, and of air and wind. Here too are magical depictions of tree fairies, house fairies, ocean and sea fairies, all of them shown in their traditional, richly illustrated environments. An enchanting picture book, A Field Guide to Fairies presents a series of beautiful full-color spreads, each bewitching illustration captioned with a description of its fairy's origins in legendry and its relationship to nature. Among these hauntingly beautiful color depictions of fairies are three impressive double-page pop-up scenes. The book's heavy board front cover is die-cut to reveal the enchanting fairy illustration that adorns the title page.

Genres: Picture Books, Magic, Fairies, Fae

30 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2009

Reviews

[Calista]

This fairy pop-up book had 3 pop-ups. They were beautifully done. The rest of the book was about short snippets of folklore or fairy tales or descriptions of fairies in little paragraphs through all different types. Flower fairies, water fairies, Earth fairies, house fairies etc. It is a beautifully done book and anyone who enjoys fairies will find delight in this book. It is colorful and beautiful.

My niece still loves fairies and she poured over this book and the nephew likes pop-ups and he looked through the book to pop-up the page. They both gave it 4 stars

It is not a story, more like a list of fairies, so it’s not a bedtime story.

How can I explain my feelings and love for fairies? I came to them later in life. I wasn’t as fascinated by fairies as a child, although I did play in a 100 acre wood as a child where I imagined they lived. They visited me as nature magic or spirits more after my teen years and I think I needed their medicine at that point in my life. I was putting my life together and they were a big part of that. All, I know is they touched my heart and I love that connection to nature. I know they aren’t really physically in this world, but there is more to this world than just material stuff anyway. I have heard a tree singing such a beautiful song one day after sniffing lilacs for 20 minutes on my walk to work that it changed my day and my life. It was amazing to hear and no one else heard it. I was in this heightened state after smelling the lilacs and I was given this gift. I had tears in my eyes when I walked into work at the beauty of it. It only happened the once too. It was enough.

[Soobie has fog in her brain]

I read this aloud to a six-year-old kid but I'm not sure that it's the right target for this little book. I mean, the pop-ups and the images are fabulous for kids but the text is very difficult, with lots of unknown words. In addition, it kind of spoils the idea kids have about fairies.

I'm not fairy purist: I really prefer the childlike image of fairies rather than the one which depicts them as evil...

[Librosconkylie]

Beautiful edition

[Ella]

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